This photo album by Kevin Glazer documents two geography trips and in-transit photos. Trip One photos show Mormon Rocks formed by the San Andreas Fault, sandstone layers at Mormon Rocks, a dry stream bed, Cinder Hill volcano, lava flows, a dried stream bed, fossil falls, metate holes, obsidian flakes, petroglyphs, and house rings from Native Americans. Trip Two photos include Mt. Whitney, alluvial fans, Diaz Lake formed by an 1872 earthquake, hot springs from volcanic activity, a dead forest, Mono Lake and islands, tufa formations, glacial moraines, and photos of the Eastern California Museum and Manzanar internment camp. In
August 6, 2014 brings Mid Summer’s Night Social, a joint meeting of the Friends of Euclid Creek, the Highland Heights Green Task Force, and the Greenwood Farm Association.
Greenwood Farm straddles Euclid Creek east branch, just below the Euclid bluestone waterfall. At the meeting, we will hike the east branch gorge in the area of the falls.
Greenwood Farm and the nearby Redstone Run Reserve are models for conserving escarpment run (lake-direct) ravines in Euclid and Richmond Heights.
Mt. Baldy is a unique Euclidian Place, well known from afar but rarely visited. Access is private and the precipice is dangerous.
The place name has changed through the years. First called Long Point, it later became Old Baldy. More common now is Mt. Baldy.
The actively eroding shale cliff provides a window onto the Late Devonian Age of Fishes sea bottom of 370 million years ago.
Mt Baldy seems firmly in place, but it formed just 14,000 years ago and, in geological time, is rapidly mass wasting into Euclid Creek.
Walk the Doan Brook gorge from the Lower Lake downstream to Ambler Park. Here, the Portage Escarpment has several hard rock layers. We trace a glacial meltwater channel from the top of the Berea Sandstone through the Euclid bluestone. In numerous stops, see how early settlers used the rocks and waters for mills and quarries. Learn the natural base for suburban development. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation. Supported with a grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, 2014.
Each May, since 2002, Cleveland Heights has celebrated National Preservation Month. Since 2013, the activities have featured a walking tour series called Cleveland Heights Rocks and Waters. The tours pose questions about the places in which we live. How does a neighborhood landscape come to be? What does nature provide? Can humans live in ways to honor the gift?
Walk the Doan Brook gorge from MLK to Ambler Park. Here, we learn the natural base for Cleveland's early suburban development, 1890s-1910s. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation. Supported with a grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, 2014.
Provides reasons for restoring urban streams in Euclid OH, an inner ring suburb of Cleveland OH. Describes how to create Portage Escarpment Ravine Preserves on small Lake Erie tributaries east of Cleveland. The streams, called "Escarpment Runs," drain the face of the Portage Escarpment. Describes Escarpment Ravines and buried Lake Plain Corridors. Links with other Bluestone Heights slideshare presentations on urban stream restoration in Euclid, OH.
August 6, 2014 brings Mid Summer’s Night Social, a joint meeting of the Friends of Euclid Creek, the Highland Heights Green Task Force, and the Greenwood Farm Association.
Greenwood Farm straddles Euclid Creek east branch, just below the Euclid bluestone waterfall. At the meeting, we will hike the east branch gorge in the area of the falls.
Greenwood Farm and the nearby Redstone Run Reserve are models for conserving escarpment run (lake-direct) ravines in Euclid and Richmond Heights.
Mt. Baldy is a unique Euclidian Place, well known from afar but rarely visited. Access is private and the precipice is dangerous.
The place name has changed through the years. First called Long Point, it later became Old Baldy. More common now is Mt. Baldy.
The actively eroding shale cliff provides a window onto the Late Devonian Age of Fishes sea bottom of 370 million years ago.
Mt Baldy seems firmly in place, but it formed just 14,000 years ago and, in geological time, is rapidly mass wasting into Euclid Creek.
Walk the Doan Brook gorge from the Lower Lake downstream to Ambler Park. Here, the Portage Escarpment has several hard rock layers. We trace a glacial meltwater channel from the top of the Berea Sandstone through the Euclid bluestone. In numerous stops, see how early settlers used the rocks and waters for mills and quarries. Learn the natural base for suburban development. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation. Supported with a grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, 2014.
Each May, since 2002, Cleveland Heights has celebrated National Preservation Month. Since 2013, the activities have featured a walking tour series called Cleveland Heights Rocks and Waters. The tours pose questions about the places in which we live. How does a neighborhood landscape come to be? What does nature provide? Can humans live in ways to honor the gift?
Walk the Doan Brook gorge from MLK to Ambler Park. Here, we learn the natural base for Cleveland's early suburban development, 1890s-1910s. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation. Supported with a grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, 2014.
Provides reasons for restoring urban streams in Euclid OH, an inner ring suburb of Cleveland OH. Describes how to create Portage Escarpment Ravine Preserves on small Lake Erie tributaries east of Cleveland. The streams, called "Escarpment Runs," drain the face of the Portage Escarpment. Describes Escarpment Ravines and buried Lake Plain Corridors. Links with other Bluestone Heights slideshare presentations on urban stream restoration in Euclid, OH.
The presentation lays a framework for understanding the evolution of the Portage Escarpment in the Cleveland area. On Lake Erie's south shore, the Portage Escarpment is the terrain transition between North America's Appalachian Highland and Central Lowland provinces. Lake Erie and its lake plain lie in the lowland province. Cleveland's East Side Heights lies on the escarpment. Portage, Summit, and Medina counties lie in the highland province.
Euclid Creek window
Our window into escarpment evolution is the stream-cut bedrock sequence at the Quarry Picnic Area of the Euclid Creek Reservation in South Euclid, Ohio. The sequence features two of the escarpment's three sandstone formations: the Berea Sandstone and, below, the Euclid bluestone (Bedford Formation).
Deep History
To comprehend the relationship between natural and anthropogenic terrain evolutions, the 'deep history' perspective is introduced. Deep history views urban landscapes as the weave of natural and cultural forces. The deep history perspectives of Daniel Lord Smail, David Christian, Edward O. Wilson and the Eco-Modernists are introduced.
Event Cycles
The deep history perspective views landscape evolution as a series of two-phased cycles. In deposition phase, landscape is built up as natural sediment and/or anthropogenic transformation. In erosion phase, landscape is torn down with stream cutting and/or urban abandonment.
Bedrock Deposition
The Euclid bluestone and Berea Sandstone were deposited ~350 Ma in a shallow sea fronting the rising Appalachian Mountains to the east. The sandstones typify deposits in a fold belt foreland basin. An analog can be found in the Persian Gulf, in the foreland basin fronting the Zagros Mountains fold belt in Iran and Iraq.
Glacial Retreat and Stream Formation
In terms of natural process, the current Portage Escarpment landscape took shape as the last glacier retreated northward and meltwater cut deep ravines into the local bedrock sequence. By about 16 ka, small streams began flowing southward to the Chagrin and Cuyahoga Rivers. After 16 ka, newer small streams, including Euclid Creek began flowing northward from current Shaker Heights.
Anthropogenic Landscapes
As we see evidence for Portage Escarpment terrain evolution at Euclid Creek, the human transformations loom large. The area was extensively quarried during the nineteenth century. Moreover, as urban development has paved much of the Euclid Creek watershed, the stream is subject to flood events which can quickly change the local stream bed. Many historic Metroparks infrastructure components are highly eroded.
Doan Brook Parks explores park landscape in the hand of natural and human forces. Find evidence for the rise of local bedrock, for bulldozing glacial ice and for Doan Brook’s cutting of a beloved ravine.Review the impacts of park development, including the outstanding Cleveland Cultural Gardens. See the recently completed Doan Brook Enhancement Project in terms of stormwater mediation and the restoration of local natural habitats.
Blue Rock lies forgotten at the base of Cedar Hill. In the 1880s, the settlement rose on a sulfurous spring where Blue Rock and Doan Brooks meet. We explore the locale’s natural setting and historical players–and make sense of crazy landscape change. Hike great local terrain while learning the past, present and (possible) future of one of Cleveland’s special places.
For 2016, Cleveland Heights Rocks and Waters walks Quilliams Creek, a major tributary of Nine Mile Creek within the city.
On sidewalks and forest paths, we follow Quilliams on its course to join Nine Mile.
Walk through the local geology, ecology and history of this important bluestone landscape.
Nine Mile Creek is a new member of the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern for watershed restoration. We’ll also discuss stream restoration issues.
For 2016, Cleveland Heights Rocks and Waters walks Quilliams Creek, a major tributary of Nine Mile Creek within the city.
On sidewalks and forest paths, we follow Quilliams on its course to join Nine Mile.
Walk through the local geology, ecology and history of this important bluestone landscape.
Nine Mile Creek is a new member of the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern for watershed restoration. We’ll also discuss stream restoration issues.
In Cleveland Heights, Ohio, follow Dugway Brook East Branch from Cain Park northward to Forest Hill Park. Learn the natural base for suburban development. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation.Here, the stream cuts through several bedrock layers which form the Portage Escarpment. We trace a glacial meltwater channel from the top of the Berea Sandstone down through the Euclid bluestone. In seven stops, we see how early settlers established mills and quarries and later, cemeteries and schools. Learn the natural base for suburban development. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation on Cleveland's East Side.
The Redstone Run Highland Reserve comprises 8 acres at 25309 Highland Rd, Richmond Heights. Here, the stream cuts through the hard Euclid bluestone to create a small gorge in the softer shale below. The reserve conserves local nature and history. With it, the Friends of Euclid Creek can foster education and research on important watershed issues. Join us, Tuesday, May 6, 6:30 pm for a tour of the reserve with presentations by Roy Larick, Al Klonowski and Claire Posius.
to explore and plan.
In Cleveland Heights, Ohio, follow Dugway Brook West Branch as it cuts through the Berea Sandstone and Euclid bluestone layers of the Portage Escarpment. Trace a glacial meltwater channel from Edgehill Rd, northward through Coventry to Lake View Cemetery. At seven stops, see how early settlers established mills and quarries and, later, cemeteries and schools. Learn the natural base for suburban development. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation around the NEORSD flood control dam at Lake View Cemetery.
The presentation lays a framework for understanding the evolution of the Portage Escarpment in the Cleveland area. On Lake Erie's south shore, the Portage Escarpment is the terrain transition between North America's Appalachian Highland and Central Lowland provinces. Lake Erie and its lake plain lie in the lowland province. Cleveland's East Side Heights lies on the escarpment. Portage, Summit, and Medina counties lie in the highland province.
Euclid Creek window
Our window into escarpment evolution is the stream-cut bedrock sequence at the Quarry Picnic Area of the Euclid Creek Reservation in South Euclid, Ohio. The sequence features two of the escarpment's three sandstone formations: the Berea Sandstone and, below, the Euclid bluestone (Bedford Formation).
Deep History
To comprehend the relationship between natural and anthropogenic terrain evolutions, the 'deep history' perspective is introduced. Deep history views urban landscapes as the weave of natural and cultural forces. The deep history perspectives of Daniel Lord Smail, David Christian, Edward O. Wilson and the Eco-Modernists are introduced.
Event Cycles
The deep history perspective views landscape evolution as a series of two-phased cycles. In deposition phase, landscape is built up as natural sediment and/or anthropogenic transformation. In erosion phase, landscape is torn down with stream cutting and/or urban abandonment.
Bedrock Deposition
The Euclid bluestone and Berea Sandstone were deposited ~350 Ma in a shallow sea fronting the rising Appalachian Mountains to the east. The sandstones typify deposits in a fold belt foreland basin. An analog can be found in the Persian Gulf, in the foreland basin fronting the Zagros Mountains fold belt in Iran and Iraq.
Glacial Retreat and Stream Formation
In terms of natural process, the current Portage Escarpment landscape took shape as the last glacier retreated northward and meltwater cut deep ravines into the local bedrock sequence. By about 16 ka, small streams began flowing southward to the Chagrin and Cuyahoga Rivers. After 16 ka, newer small streams, including Euclid Creek began flowing northward from current Shaker Heights.
Anthropogenic Landscapes
As we see evidence for Portage Escarpment terrain evolution at Euclid Creek, the human transformations loom large. The area was extensively quarried during the nineteenth century. Moreover, as urban development has paved much of the Euclid Creek watershed, the stream is subject to flood events which can quickly change the local stream bed. Many historic Metroparks infrastructure components are highly eroded.
Doan Brook Parks explores park landscape in the hand of natural and human forces. Find evidence for the rise of local bedrock, for bulldozing glacial ice and for Doan Brook’s cutting of a beloved ravine.Review the impacts of park development, including the outstanding Cleveland Cultural Gardens. See the recently completed Doan Brook Enhancement Project in terms of stormwater mediation and the restoration of local natural habitats.
Blue Rock lies forgotten at the base of Cedar Hill. In the 1880s, the settlement rose on a sulfurous spring where Blue Rock and Doan Brooks meet. We explore the locale’s natural setting and historical players–and make sense of crazy landscape change. Hike great local terrain while learning the past, present and (possible) future of one of Cleveland’s special places.
For 2016, Cleveland Heights Rocks and Waters walks Quilliams Creek, a major tributary of Nine Mile Creek within the city.
On sidewalks and forest paths, we follow Quilliams on its course to join Nine Mile.
Walk through the local geology, ecology and history of this important bluestone landscape.
Nine Mile Creek is a new member of the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern for watershed restoration. We’ll also discuss stream restoration issues.
For 2016, Cleveland Heights Rocks and Waters walks Quilliams Creek, a major tributary of Nine Mile Creek within the city.
On sidewalks and forest paths, we follow Quilliams on its course to join Nine Mile.
Walk through the local geology, ecology and history of this important bluestone landscape.
Nine Mile Creek is a new member of the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern for watershed restoration. We’ll also discuss stream restoration issues.
In Cleveland Heights, Ohio, follow Dugway Brook East Branch from Cain Park northward to Forest Hill Park. Learn the natural base for suburban development. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation.Here, the stream cuts through several bedrock layers which form the Portage Escarpment. We trace a glacial meltwater channel from the top of the Berea Sandstone down through the Euclid bluestone. In seven stops, we see how early settlers established mills and quarries and later, cemeteries and schools. Learn the natural base for suburban development. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation on Cleveland's East Side.
The Redstone Run Highland Reserve comprises 8 acres at 25309 Highland Rd, Richmond Heights. Here, the stream cuts through the hard Euclid bluestone to create a small gorge in the softer shale below. The reserve conserves local nature and history. With it, the Friends of Euclid Creek can foster education and research on important watershed issues. Join us, Tuesday, May 6, 6:30 pm for a tour of the reserve with presentations by Roy Larick, Al Klonowski and Claire Posius.
to explore and plan.
In Cleveland Heights, Ohio, follow Dugway Brook West Branch as it cuts through the Berea Sandstone and Euclid bluestone layers of the Portage Escarpment. Trace a glacial meltwater channel from Edgehill Rd, northward through Coventry to Lake View Cemetery. At seven stops, see how early settlers established mills and quarries and, later, cemeteries and schools. Learn the natural base for suburban development. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation around the NEORSD flood control dam at Lake View Cemetery.
3. Trip One Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of
Mormon Rocks.
Mormon Rocks were
created by
movements from the
San Andreas Fault.
They are named
Mormon Rocks
because this site was
a landmark for early
Mormon settlers.
4. Trip One Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is a close up
image of Mormon
Rocks. In the image
we are able to se that
the rocks are made
out of sandstone.
The sandstone was
formed from water
that used to flow
through the Cajon
Pass area in Southern
California. Geologist
are able to see past
events of history
through the different
layer of sandstone.
5. Trip One Photo
Kevin Glazer
This photo is showing
a dry stream bed that
used to flow through
Mormon Rocks. This
stream and its water
levels can be seen
through different
layers of Mormon
Rock.
6. Trip One Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is a photo of
cinder Hill. It is a
basaltic cinder cone
type of volcanoe.
7. Trip One Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of
the lava flow at
Cinder Hill. The lava
flow is made up of
stone and rock that
becomes so hot it
turns into liquid.
8. Trip One Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of a
dried up stream bed
that would have
flowed into the Owens
River.
9. Trip One Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of
fossil falls. They were
formed by snow melt
from glaciers mixing
with lava flow.
10. Trip One Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of a
metate hole. They
were created by
debris spinning in the
mixture of the lava
flow and stream bed.
11. Trip One Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of
obsidian flakes.
Thousands of years
ago Native Americans
would use this
obsidian which was
created from volcanic
ash to make arrow
heads.
12. Trip One Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of a
petroglyph. It was
created thousands of
years ago from Native
Americans who used
to populate this area.
It is a form of early
artwork.
13. Trip One Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of a
house ring. A house
ring is what is left of
the Native Americans
homes from
thousands of years
ago.
15. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
This photo is of Mt.
Whitney. The
Elevation of Mt.
Whitney is 14,505 ft.
16. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
In this image the big
circle is highlighting
the Inyo-White
Mountains. The
smaller circle is
highlighting some
alluvial fans.
17. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of
Diaz Lake which was
created after an
earthquake along the
Lone Pine fault in
1872.
18. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
The Lone Pine fault
was the product of a
huge earthquake in
1872. 29 individuals
were killed and Diaz
Lake was formed.
19. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
The Keoughs Hot
Springs are heated by
underground volcanic
activity.
20. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of
the Mammoth rest
area. The dead forest
was created by bark
beetles.
21. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
The largest circle is
an image of Mono
Lake. The Second
largest circle is of
Paoha Island which is
on Mono Lake. The
smallest circle is of
the smaller island on
Mono Lake which is
called Negit. Negit is
also a volcanoe
22. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
Mono Lake is the
oldest lake in North
America. The arrows
are pointing to the
former shorelines of
Mono Lake. The lake
was diminished
greatly by the city of
Los Angeles after they
extended the
aqueduct from Owens
Lake to Mono Lake.
23. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of a
tufa formation. It is
formed by freshwater
mixing with the salt
water producing
calcium.
24. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
The large circle is
highlighting Grant
Lake. The two
smaller circles are
highlighting the
mormaines.
26. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
Convict lake. The two
arrows at the top are
pointing out the two
lateral moraines while
the bottom arrow is
pointing out the
terminal moraine. The
rectangle is showing
the oldest rock
formations of the
Sierras.
27. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of
the Eastern California
Museum. I found this
photo interesting
because even though
Japanese Americans
were being held
against there will by
Americans they were
still playing Americas
pastime with baseball.
28. Trip Two Photo
Kevin Glazer
This is an image of a
guard shack at
Manzanar. Manzanar
was a holding place
for Japanese
Americans during
WW2.